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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

The Cinderella Moment by Jennifer Kloester

Rating: ✪✪✪✪✪ out of 5
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My
thoughts:

Even though I don’t normally read
YA romance books—I’m normally a sci-fi, dystopian reader—this book was a refreshing breath of fresh air. I will
admit to being quite the fan of America’s Next Top Model and the fashion world.
And I shall certainly put my hand up to share that I watch Mad Men for the clothes.

But I’d never thought to read a
book set within this world.Well silly
me, because this was so much fun. I love the setting in Paris and author of The Cinderella Moment, Jennifer
Kloester, certainly knows how throw almost insurmountable problems at her
characters who are then ingenious in finding determined ways around them.

The protagonist Angel is a wonderful character and I love her determination to succeed. She rather reminded me of Emma
Harte of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s A Woman of Substance, one of my
favourite heroines.I just love
tenacious women; they are so inspiring.

I would highly recommend this to
anyone who loves fashion, a page-turning read and a fresh take on a classic
fairytale.

Book
Blurb:

A love of fashion.

A couture competition.

A once-in-a-lifetime chance.

Angel wants to be a fashion designer, but without
money or connections, it's going to be a challenge. So when she gets a chance
to head to Paris, Angel grabs it – even if it means masquerading as her best
friends Lily. That can't be too hard, can it?

But faking things doesn't come easy, and when Angel meets her very own Prince
Charming, things start to get complicated. She needs to stop her secrets
unravelling if she wants to live happily ever…

From exciting talent Jennifer Kloester comes a modern fairytale of high
society, mistaken identity, love, betrayal, friendship – and great clothes.

Jennifer Kloester loves to escape
into a good book. She began writing her own stories in primary school and was
living in the jungle in Papua New Guinea when she discovered Georgette Heyer's
wonderful historical romances. Those books took her to London, Paris and New
York and inspired her to write her two novels The Cinderella Moment and The
Rapunzel Dilemma. After spending three years living in the desert in
Bahrain, Jennifer now spends most days writing in a book-lined study in an old
manse. She is also the author of two books on Georgette Heyer: Georgette
Heyer's Regency World and Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller.

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